The Qin Family's clan grounds.
The staff member handling reception wore an apologetic expression.
"The Qin Family takes the attack on a Peerless Monster of the human race very seriously."
"We deeply regret what happened."
"However... this involves confidential business information belonging to our lineage, so we must strictly follow procedure. The relevant application requires, at minimum, a review by the council of elders."
"We estimate... that it can be completed in around twenty years."
"Please wait patiently."
Outside the Gu Family Clan Grounds, an intelligent robot spoke in a calm tone.
"According to our investigation, the Gu Family has no substantial volume of related transactions, only a small number of war structure purchase records."
"All of them were for internal research."
"Please report this truthfully to Lord 'One.'"
With that, the robot turned and left.
At that moment, in the core area of the Gu Family Clan Grounds, Gu Xuanting was seated in a hall.
Playing before him was footage of Ma Huainan's Divine Kingdom Battlefield.
As he looked at the densely packed Ten-Thousand Corpse War Tombs and the more than three hundred Flesh Calamity Broodmothers, Gu Xuanting's expression went through quite a range.
"Xuanting."
Beside him, Lu Qinglan frowned.
"This... was all done by Le and the others?"
Gu Xuanting was silent for a moment, then gave a bitter smile.
"Almost certainly."
"The more than two hundred million Ten-Thousand Corpse War Tombs Yang Fan previously purchased through the Gu Family's channels..."
"He probably gave them to this Corpse-Cultivating God."
At this point, he could not help shaking his head.
"This son-in-law of ours... really does spend on a grand scale."
"Just to deal with an enemy like this..."
"He actually splurged so many resources while his Divine Kingdom was still in its early development."
Lu Qinglan watched the